Sandra Aguilar

Dr. Sandra Aguilar is a Professor of History at Moravian University, located in Pennsylvania. She holds a B.A. from the Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana in Mexico, an M.Phil from the University of Oxford, and a Ph.D. from the University of Manchester. Her research focuses on colonial and modern Latin American and Mexican history, with a particular emphasis on foodways, gender, race, and class dynamics. She teaches courses on these topics, including seminars on race, food, class, and gender in Latin America.

Dr. Aguilar's research explores how cooking and eating practices in Mexico between 1920 and 1960 shaped social class, race, and gender relations. Her work examines the role of female health workers in transforming diets in rural Mexico and analyzes the cultural and political implications of food consumption, such as the promotion of milk and wheat as symbols of modernity and national identity.

Her publications include articles in Anuario De Historia De América Latina, História, Ciências, Saúde - Manguinhos, and Food, Culture & Society, among others. These works highlight her contributions to understanding the intersections of food, power, and identity in 20th-century Mexico.

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